When the Bells Tolled For Lincoln

[Gene C]

Examines southern reaction to the Lincoln assassination. Seems the further south and west you go, the less mourning people did. In many cities controlled by the Union Army, people were forced to show signs of mourning. Written by Carolyn L Harrell. If the dates on the book are correct, the author was 86 when the book was published. I looked on line, but couldn't find any info about her. Many quotes from letters and diaries which were interesting. She noted that is was difficult to feel much real sorrow when so many people blamed Lincoln for the war. Many people disliked the fact that he was murdered, but were not that sorry that it happened. Many expressed in their writings that if would not be a good thing for the south as Johnson was a worse leader than Lincoln.
107 pages of text, reasonably priced. I'll give it three out of five stars.

http://www.amazon.com/BELLS-TOLLED-LINCO...or+lincoln

[L Verge]

We used to sell this in the Surratt gift shop, but I'm not sure we still do. It is written along the same lines as Tom Turner's excellent Beware The People Weeping.

[LincolnMan]

Forced to show signs of mourning? Like draping windows in black, as I recall. Sounds like a really interesting read.